TAKING CONTROL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - FAST

20 August 2009

Environmental Management Reporting is a powerful new online tool from Integrated fm, specifically designed to assist FMs and estate managers in harvesting, analysing and reporting on environmental and other sustainability data from a wide range of sources. As such it saves vital management time and improves the accuracy of date, whether it’s for compliance with legislation or to meet internal CSR requirements.

Early use with a leading global consultancy has shown that what was previously months of work can literally be reduced to just minutes.

Environmental Management Reporting is fully web-enabled and highly configurable to suit each organisation’s processes, as well as industry-wide standards (e.g. Defra, Accounting for Sustainability, AA100AS). It can import data from everyday FM software (e.g. help desk, asset management, bookable resource management), directly from supply chain partners’ systems, and from spreadsheets – with the ability to input data direct into the system as well. Here, all data is validated and made available for fast evaluation and reporting.

Environmental Management Reporting enables reporting by service type (waste, utilities, etc) and/or service line (glass recycling, paper recycling, etc.) – collated by department, building, region or entire global portfolio – over any time period, while also taking account of seasonal variation. It can also be compared directly against corporate sustainability targets (e.g. electricity consumption, carbon emissions, travel mileage).

A digital dashboard facilitates reporting at all levels from macro overview down to granular detail, populating pre-prepared report templates for even greater time-savings. Reports can be generated in a range of formats, including PDF and Excel.

Each user is assigned a defined role with pre-determined permissions and guided through the procedures by the software’s inbuilt logic, so that processes are adhered to at every stage. Crucially, the software records every action in the background, creating a detailed audit trail that can be examined and reported on at any time, ensuring complete control throughout the process.